| Ok so it's getting late and I'm supposed to be starting my hw (due tomorrow) or sleeping.. but instead I decided to inform y'all of tonight's events.
So Modern got some studio time at some Studio No.1 or watever on Granville and so I decided to drive people over so I could drop them off and jet straight home to do laundry muahaha. (maybe I was being punished for that) Anyhow, I wanted to see my mommy too and since I have late class tomorrow I would've been able to grab breakfast with her. Oh plus I was gonna meet up with a couple of friends for some dinner at King Taco which came up as I was driving back from the studio.
So practice went well and we're driving back and I have David, Judy, Lauren, Jamie, Greg, and Virginia in my car when I notice that something's smoking. Wow it must be cold outside, I think to myself. But strangely it appears that the smoke is only coming from my car. So we're driving from the 405 on Sunset towards the dorms and everytime I stop there's more smoke...hmm maybe I should pull over, now let's find a good place. As we round the corner near Hedrick I pull into the lot across the way and stop the car. There is definitely smoke coming from my car somewhere. Where is it coming from? Finally, a quick glance down at my temperature gauge tells me my car was overheating! Oh no! What do I do? So as everyone gets out of the car, half the people get on their cellies and start calling people for helpful tips. We find out there's a leak of some greasy clear fluid thanks to my finger and so we figure that I'm out of coolant. Busting out the water bottles, we wait and add everyone's remaining water to the car as Bee pulls up out of the blue (apparently Jamie called). After some time, we start up the car again but oops still smoky so we call for help and I send everyone off to get dinner and go home.
The first person I called for help of course was my best friend from home and he gave me some pointers. We then called AAA, but then decided that they would probably just tell us to put some water in the hole and get to a gas station so we called that off and my best friend INSISTED that he drive over and follow me back home to MPK, which was the original destination anyways. So as Bee and I waited for my friend we played some frisbee, explored the "make-out spot" that is the parking lot of that random library across from Hedrick, randomly saw Shannon (Happy Hatchday Shannon!!) stop by with her BRAND SPANKIN NEW CAR that her parents surprised her with today, and did some dancing. yay fun. Finally, my best friend Rocky and my other friend Peter arrive with four gallons of water, some King Taco, and Judy also arrives with some food from Bruin Cafe and we put summore water into my car. That is when the water that just went in gushes right out from underneath the car... either way, we decide that best friend Rocky would drive my van home while I followed behind with Peter in his car and I sent Bee home.
Everything was going fine on the freeway until about Crenshaw when I get a call saying that the temperature in my van is slowly on the rise-prepare to stop. We get to about Arlington and take the exit. My van pulls over almost at the end of the off-ramp and Rocky tells me that he heard some knocking noises coming from my car and that he didn't think the car was drivable for the rest of the night.. GREEEAAATT. So we call AAA and get a tow truck Strangely, as the tow truck arrives we see another car with emergency flashers on, also at the end of the off-ramp.. dunno wat was wrong with them.
The tow truck driver was Jewish turned Buddhist, had some Thai words tattooed on his arm that supposedly said "I love Thailand" and couldn't figure out what kind of asian I was (tho he is fond of asians). And I think the name on his shirt said Golf... like forreals. Anyhow he took my van around the corner and left it in a spot and I rode home with Rocky and Peter. Strange sighting number 2, as Peter and I sat in Rocky's car waiting for the tow truck to come around the corner, we see a couple of guys pushing a stalled car..apparently it was a bad night for cars in general--either that or Peter is very bad luck.. which has always been my theory. THEN on the way home on the side of the 10 freeway there are 2 cars that spun off on the side of the road... strange coincidence or more bad Peter luck. And as we were nearing Peter's place another car almost drove into our lane.. oh Stupidhead.. what am I to do with you? And now I am finally home, 3 hours later than I wouldve been. Whew! What a night and what an entry!
love and peace.. yes peace
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